Staten Island man charged with murdering one man, wounding another

Tyrell Jackson, 24, of Port Richmond, is seen leaving the 120th Precinct stationhouse for Stapleton Criminal Court. He is accused in the shooting death of Joseph Brown, 20, and the wounding of Jamal Porter, 21, at the victimsâ West Brighton home.Staten Island Advance/Michael Oates

By FRANK DONNELLY and JOHN ANNESE 

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - A Port Richmond man has been arrested for allegedly slaying a West Brighton resident last week and seriously wounding another man, authorities said.

Tyrell Jackson, 24, of New Street, was charged in the shooting death of Joseph Brown, 20, and the wounding of Jamal Porter, 21, at the victims' Bodine Street home, said police.

Coincidentally, the suspect was arrested over the weekend in a Bronx hospital where he landed after being shot in the buttocks by an assailant during an apparent robbery attempt, said his lawyer, Manuel Ortega. His client was also grazed in the head, the attorney said.

Jackson was charged Monday with second-degree murder, attempted murder, first-degree assault and criminal weapon possession, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

Jackson, who denies the charges, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Stapleton Criminal Court and was remanded to jail.

Ortega said he will conduct his own investigation into the fatal incident.

According to a law enforcement source, the episode was set in motion Thursday evening about 11 p.m., when Porter began arguing with a woman who lives on the third floor at 73 Bodine.

Jackson, who is the woman's boyfriend, appeared at some point, and the disagreement appeared to have been settled, said the source.

However, several hours later, a female relative of Jackson's who was apparently intoxicated, knocked on the victims' door and they began arguing, the source said.

The dispute escalated, and Jackson came downstairs and shot the two victims in a first-floor apartment, said the source.

Brown was shot in the back just after 6 a.m., police said.

He was taken by ambulance to Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton, where he was later pronounced dead, said police.

Porter was driven by "private means" to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the stomach, cops said.

He was initially admitted in critical condition.

A hospital spokeswoman said Monday that Porter's family had opted out of disclosing any information on his condition.

A source told the Advance last week the victims were related to their assailant; however, another source said Monday that was not the case.

Also unclear was the relationship between the victims. Neighbors last week identified them as brothers; however that could not be confirmed Monday.